Amisha B Patel, MD MPH| Pediatric Epilepsy, Pediatrics | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Facial Weakness Treatment
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
- Responsive Neurostimulation
- Seizure Disorders
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Concussions
- Convulsions
- Disturbances Of Cerebral Status Of Newborn
- Dystonia
- Dystonic Spasms
- Encephalitis
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Headache
- Hydrocephalus
- Ischemic Stroke
- Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
- Meningitis
- Migraine
- Monosomies And Deletions From Autosomes
- Muscle Weakness
- Neonatal Seizures
- Neonatal Stroke
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Occipital Lobe Seizures
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Partial Seizures
- Rett Syndrome
- Seizure Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Spasticity
- Status Epilepticus
- Temporal Lobe Seizures
- Tourette Syndrome
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremors
- Vision Disturbances
- West Syndrome
Procedures I perform
- Adhd Assessment
- Adhd Evaluation
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Behavioral Health Screening
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Biofeedback
- Botox Injection
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Brain-Computer Interface Training
- Cerebral Fibromuscular Dysplasia Treatment
- Cerebral Palsy Management
- Child Development
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Corpus Callosotomy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Developmental Follow-Up
- Dopamine Therapy
- Dystonia Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy Education
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Facial Weakness Treatment
- Flash Electroretinography
- Functional Mri
- Gastrointestinal Neurological Disorders Treatment
- Genetic Counseling
- Hemispherectomy
- Ictal Spect
- Idiopathic Hypersomnia Treatment
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Kleine-Levin Syndrome Treatment
- Limb Loss Rehabilitation
- Measurement Of Central Nervous Electrical Activity
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mental Health Medication Management
- Mind-Body Medicine
- Movement Disorder Treatment
- Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
- Neonatal Seizure Management
- Nerve Stimulation Therapy
- Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Treatment
- Neurogenetic Disorders Treatment
- Neuroimaging
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Neuropharmacogenetics
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Neurostimulation
- Neurotoxicology
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Non-Rem Sleep Arousal Disorder Treatment
- Online Counseling
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Pediatric Autism Screening
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Management
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Responsive Neurostimulation
- Seizure Focus Localization
- Seizure Treatment
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Sleep-Related Hallucination Treatment
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Status Epilepticus Treatment
- Stereoencephalography
- Stroke Management
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Swallowing Disorder Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Tic Disorder Treatment
- Trauma Assessment
- Trauma Therapy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Administrators
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UHC Passport
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Medicare Direct
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Network OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Choice POS II
- Employee Health Plan
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- TRICARE for Life East
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Sentara Health
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-POS Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Navigate
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA EPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- OA Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- HighMark
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Student Resources
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Basic
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice POS
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- HealthyBlue PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2021)
Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2020)
Residency: Tripler Army Medical Center (2014)
Medical School: George Washington University (2013)
Graduate: George Washington University (2013)